Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

W. H. FRIZZBLL. HAME PASTENBR.

No. 556,536. Paten-666 Mar. 17, 1696.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lVILLIAM H. FRIZZELL, OF GOLDEN POND, KENTUCKY.

HAM E-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,536, dated March 1'7, 1896.

Application filed April 25 1895.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FRIZZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golden Pond, in the county of Trigg and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful llame-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hanne-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of hame-fasteners and to provide a simple and inexpensive device which will be strong and durable, and which will enable a pair of haines to be readily adjusted to suit the size of a horse-collar.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hame-fastener which, when unlocked to permit a separation of the hames and their removal from a horse-collar, will not become detached from the haines and be lost.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of haines and a horse-collar provided with a llame-fastener constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the hame-fastener. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a hookadapted to engage one of a pair of haines, and having secured to the lower face of its shank a spring 2, arranged at an angle to the shank and having its free end located a short distance from the outer end of the hook and closing the mouth of the latter, whereby the hook is prevented from becoming disengaged from its hame when the llame-fastener is unlocked. The shank is substantially L-shaped and has its inner end 3 bifurcated, and has pivoted in its bifurcation by a rivet one end of a substantially L-shaped locking-lever 4. The locking-lever is provided adjacent to its pivoted end with an inclined slot or opening 5, formed by an arm or projection located beneath the locking-lever in the angle thereof and providing a hook to receive a chain 6, and the top of the Serial No. 547,148. (No model.)

slot or opening which forms the hook is arranged above the pivot of the lever, whereby when there is a strain on the chain the lever will be retained in its closed position.v The end ring 7 of the chain 6 is located above the rivet 0r pivot of the locking-lever and embraces the depending bifurcated end of the shank of the hook 1. The other end of the chain 6 is connected'with one end of a double hook or link 8, forming an opening 9 at its bottom between its ends 10 and 11. This openin g 9 is normally closed by a pivoted button or screw 12 to prevent the end 11 of the double hook or link from becoming detached from its hame when the locking-lever is swung downward to carry the end link 7 downward from the depending bifurcated end of the hook to unlock the hames.

The screw or button 12 has an enlarged head, which is sufficient to close the space or opening 9 between the ends 10 and 11, and it is provided with a threaded shank 13 engaginga threaded perforation of the shank or body portion of the double hook or link 8. The shank may be swiveled in any suitable manner, but threading is preferable, as the head of the screw or button is tapering and is adapted to be drawn inward against the double hook with sufiicient friction to prevent it from becoming accidentally turned transversely of the double hook or link and accidentally releasing the chain and the hame.

The chain permits the proper adjustment of the haine-fastener, and it will be readily seen that the haine-fastener may be readily locked or unlocked by a simple swinging movement of the lever, and that when the hame-fastener is unlocked it will not become accidentally detached from the hames.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

1. In a hame-fastener, the combination of a hook adapted to engage one of a pair of haines and provided with a substantially L- shaped shank, one arm being extended downward and bifnrcated, a spring secured to the shank and closing the month of the hook, a substantially L-shaped locking-lever pivoted IOO in the bifurcation of the shank and having its angle at its lower side and provided thereat with an arm or projection forming an opening 5, a chain having one end embracing the depending portions of the shank and the lever and engaging the opening 5, and means for connecting the other end of the chain to the other haine, substantially as described.

i. In a llame-fastener, a double hook provided with an intermediate shank and having the terminals of the hooks located at the same side of the shank and separated by-anintervening space, said shank being provided with a centrally-arranged threaded perforation,

and a screw engaging the threaded perforation and having an enlarged flattened head tapering inward and adapted to close the space between the hooks when turned longitudinally of the shank, and adapted to be turned transversely of the shank to open the hooks, substantially as described.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

lVILLIAM H. FRIZZELL.

Vitnesses:

R. RYAN, TOM. HABEN. 

